604 中翻英 (304) No Israel, there is no salvation. 沒有以色列就沒有救恩. 12/7/0203

 604 中翻英 (304)            No Israel, there is no salvation.  沒有以色列就沒有救恩.           12/7/0203

十二月七日晨曦默思,   使有基督信仰者確切的肯定我們的上帝是創造我們的主.     祂的獨生兒子降世在以色列的伯利恆,   沒有主耶穌基督在以色列的道成肉身,   就沒有救恩.

「他見耶穌行走，就說，看哪，這是神的羔羊。」（約   1:36 新國際版）

當約翰首次宣告基督是神的羔羊時，他再加上一句說：「除去世人罪孽的」（約1:29）。就是這樣，他強有力地在見證基督救贖的工作。第二次，當他這樣的宣告時，他只說：「看哪，神的羔羊。」這次他見證的重點是在于主的本身，過于主的工作。當我們真實的贊賞一個人時，我們乃是因著珍視他的本身而稱贊他。我們愛他本人，過于愛他的工作。我們對基督的感贊，也應該如此。我們因著主的恩賜而感謝祂，但我們是因著主的价值而贊美祂。十字架的基督，使我們獻上惊嘆的感謝，而寶座上的基督卻使我們獻上歡呼的贊美。我們看見祂為我們所做的，我們便深深的感謝祂，但我們注視祂自己所是的，我們便愛慕的敬拜祂。

December 7

"When he saw Jesus walking, he said,  'Behold, this is the Lamb of God.' " (John 1:36 NIV)

When John first declared that Christ was the Lamb of God, he added, "Who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). In this way, he was powerfully witnessing the redemptive work of Christ. The second time, when he made this declaration, he simply said, "Behold, the Lamb of God." This time the focus of his testimony was on the Lord Himself, rather than the Lord's work. When we truly appreciate a person, we praise him for who he is. We love him more than we love his work. This is how our appreciation for Christ should be. We thank the Lord for His gifts, but we praise the Lord for His worth. Christ on the cross causes us to offer awed thanksgiving, while Christ on the throne causes us to offer joyful praise. When we see what He has done for us, we are deeply grateful to Him, but when we look at what He Himself is, we worship Him with love.

603 中翻(303) I can do all things in Him that strengthens me. 靠著那加給我力量的，凡事都能做. 12/6/2023

603 中翻(303)                I can do all things in Him that strengthens me.                                                                                             靠著那加給我力量的，凡事都能做.                                                                                                                                12/6/2023

十二月六日的晨曦甘露可供有基督信仰者喜樂的暢飲.   親愛的訪友, 您有過這樣的領悟嗎?     當我們遇到非我們能力可以做好的使命,   愁眉不展,   苦不堪言的時候,   忽然清醒, 主給我們指點,   靠上帝的大能,   我們完成了.

「我靠著那加給我力量的，凡事都能做。」（腓   4:13 新國際版）

今日在神的工作中，事情往往是安排就緒，因而叫我們無需去倚賴神。但主對這些工作的裁決乃是毫不妥協的：「离了我，你們就不能做什么。」因為屬神的工作，只能靠著屬神的力量去完成。而那种力量，只有在主基督耶穌里才可以找到。當我們到一個地步，能夠如同先知那樣的說：「我不會說話」。就在這情況下，我們才發現神在借著我們說話了。神從來不要我們做那些我們憑自己能做的事。祂要我們活出一种憑著自己永遠不可能活出的生命，祂也要我們做那些憑著自己永不能做的工。然而，借著祂丰盛的恩典，我們就能活出這樣的生命和生活，且可能做著這樣的工作。因這生命乃是基督自己，并借著神的大能而活出來。這工作也是基督自己的工作，乃借著我們所順從的圣靈運行在我們身上而做的工作。

December 6

"I can do all things in Him that strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13 NIV)

In the work of God today, things are often so constituted that we have no need to rely upon God. But the Lord’s virdict upon all such work is uncompromising: “Apart from Me you can do nothing."  For divine work can only be gone with divine power, and that power is to be found only in Lord Jesus.  It is when we reach the point of saying with the prophet, "I can't speak," that we discover God is speaking.  He never asks us to do any thing we can do.  God asks us to live a life we can never live and to do a work we can never do.  Yet by His grace, we are living it and doing it.  The life we live is the life of Christ lived in the power of God,  and the work we do is the work of Christ arried on through us by His Spirit whom we obey.

 

602 中英文 (302) Without Israel, there is no salvation. 沒有以色列, 就沒有救恩. 12/5/2023

602 中翻英 (302)   Without Israel, there is no salvation.  沒有以色列, 就沒有救恩.            12/5/2023

十二月五日晨曦默思使有基督信仰者深深的了解,   沒有以色列, 就沒有我們的救恩.     我們的主耶穌基督是生在以色列.

「他們便撒下网去，竟拉不上來了，因為魚甚多。耶穌所愛的那門徒對彼得說，"是主！"」（約  21:6-7 新國際版）

當主耶穌站在岸上的時候，那最令人感覺惊奇的，就是門徒竟沒有一個認識祂，甚至与祂最親密的彼得、約翰和那位曾親自用手探摸祂傷痕的多馬，也都不認識祂。复活的主不是只憑著肉眼或人手可以認識的。雖然主耶穌与他們共話家常，他們仍然認不出祂來。但當魚网滿了大魚時，約翰才突然認出是主耶穌。

后來到了岸上，主耶穌對他們說：「你們來吃早飯」。我們知道，門徒中沒有一個敢問祂：「你是誰！」因為他們知道是主。在這里我們看見了一個矛盾，在普通的情形下，如果你向別人問問題，那就暗示你缺乏有關那問題的知識。但如果你不敢問，那就意味著你懼怕你認識的不足被暴露出來。然而在這里，卻同時包括了懼怕和認識，門徒在外面（外面的人）懼怕，不敢問他，但他們在里面（里面的人）卻認識祂。在屬靈的事上，也是如此。我們常常不知道該如何去解釋，然而在我們里面卻有了神所賜內在的把握和保證。這就是基督教的特征。

December 5th

"Wnen they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter,  'It is the Lord!' " (John 21:6-7 NIV)

They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the moltititude of of fish.  That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord.                                              (John 21:6-7 Another Translation)

    As Jesus stood there on the shore , the strange thing was that none of them knew Him;  not even Peter and John who had ben most intimat with Him, nor Thomas who so lately had identified Him by His wounds.  The risen Lord was not to be recognized merely by human eyes, nor by hands of flesh.  Even when He spoke to them of familiar things, still they did not recognized Him.  But when the net was full, John sudenly knew. 

Later, when on the shore Jess said, "Come and break your fast," none of them, we are told, dared ask Him,  "Who art thou?"  Knowing it was the Lord.  Here is a paradox.  In the ordinary way, if you ask a question, it implies a lack of knowledgr; if yu dare not ask, it suggest a fear of displaying that lack.  But there we have both fear and knowledge.  With the out ward man they feared but with the inward man they knew.  Often you cannot explain, yet there is an inward, divinely given assurance.  This is Christianity.   

601 中翻英 (301) God feeds us and gives us water to drink in wilderness. 上帝在沙漠中滿足我們吃和喝的一切須要. 12/4/2023

 601 中翻英 (301)            God feeds us and gives us water to drink in wilderness.                                                                               上帝在沙漠中滿足我們吃和喝的一切須要.                              12/4/2023

十二月四日

「但你們得在基督耶穌里神又使祂成為我們的智慧、公義、圣洁、救贖。」（林前1:30）

神已將基督賜給我們。現在，在祂以外，我們不能從神那里再接受什么。圣靈已經被差遣下來，為要把基督所是和所有的，帶到我們里面。圣靈的工作，總沒有离開基督或在基督以外的。「神又使祂成為我們的」這是圣經里最偉大的宣言之一。如果我們相信接受這一宣言，我們就可以將任何所需要的，放進這一句宣言里，且知道神已經為我們成全了。因為借著那位內住的圣靈，主耶穌自己能補滿我們一切的缺欠。我們一直習慣把圣洁當作一种美德，把謙卑當作一种恩典，把愛心當作一种恩賜，并逐一向神求取。其實，神的基督本身，就是我們唯一的需要。讓我們毫不猶豫的就從祂得著一切。

December 4th

"Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness,  and sanctification, and redemption." (1 Corinthians 1:30)

God has given us Christ.   There is nothing now for us to receive outside of Him,  The Holy Spirit has been sent to produce what is of Christ in us; not to produce anything that is apart from or outside of Him.  He " was made unto us  ...... "  This is one of the grandest statements in Spiriture.  If we believe this, we can put there anythhin we need can know that God has made it good; for , through the Holy Spirit within us , the Lord Jesus is Himself made uoto us whatever we lack.  We have beenaccustomed to look upon holiness as a virtue, upon humility as a grace, upon love as a gift to be sought from God.  But the Christ of God is Himself everthing that we shall ever need.  Let us unhesitattingly draw upon Him. 

600 中翻英 (300) This is true worship what God the Father is looking for today. 這是真實的敬拜，且是上帝今日正在尋找的那种真實的敬拜. 12/3/2023

 600 中翻英 (300)          The Word became flesh (一).            道成肉身(一).        12/3/2023   

我們在天上的阿巴父, 孩子切望真誠將一切獻上, 專心的敬拜祢. 求主賜予我敬拜祢的恩賜.  知道如何把我所得的恩賜作成全然事奉, 回應主的大愛, 討祢的喜悅和接納. 奉主耶穌的名禱告.  阿們.

十二月三日的晨曦甘露是黃金，乳香，沒藥.   使有基督信仰的人在耶穌基督降生時能有禮物奉獻給祂.   

「就俯伏拜那小孩子，揭開寶盒，拿黃金，乳香，沒藥為禮物, 獻給祂。」                                  （太   2:11 新國際版 ）

馬太福音是一本王的福音。那几位博士說：「我們特來拜祂。」（太   2:2）自此，他們一開始就确定了主耶穌的權柄。因為敬拜就是包括了一切的權柄。我們越是敬拜主，神就越多的將敬拜祂的理由顯示給我們。在我們尚未禱告以前，讓我們先敬拜，在講道的時候也要敬拜，在凡事上讓我們向主舉起尊崇而敬拜的心，這是教會今日在地上所當盡的職事——建立對神的敬拜。除非我們（教會）將敬拜歸給神，神在這世界上就得不著任何敬拜了。當然，我們切不可忽略其它的事奉，但我們該時常將敬拜放在首要的地位上。那几位博士既向主揭開了他們的寶盒，那我們怎能保留任何東西而不呈獻給主呢？我們所獻的應該是香料（乳香），而不是香水。我們的香料必須先在香壇上全然的焚獻，然后才能將香气釋放出來。這就是真實的敬拜，并且父神今日就在尋找這种真實的敬拜者。

December 3

“And they bowed down and worshiped Him.  Then they opened their treasures and presented their Him gifts with gifts of gold, incense, and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:11 NIV)

The Gospel of Matthew is a gospel of kings. Those wise men said,  "We have come to worship Him." (Matthew 2:2)  From then on, they confirmed the authority of the Lord Jesus from the beginning.  Because worship includes all authority. The more we worship the Lord, the more God will reveal to us the reasons to worship Him. Before we pray, let us worship first, and we must worship when we preach. Let us raise our hearts of reverence and worship to the Lord in everything. This is the ministry that the church should fulfill on earth today —— build the worship of God. Unless we (the church) give worship to God, God will receive no worship in this world. Of course, we must not neglect other services, but we should always put worship first. Since the wise men have opened their treasure boxes to the Lord, how can we withhold anything and not present it to the Lord? What we offer should be incense (frankincense), not perfume. Our spices must be completely burned on the altar of incense before the fragrance can be released. This is true worship, and God the Father is looking for this type of true worshiper today.

599 中翻英(299) Lord, we keep Your word. 主阿, 我們要遵行祢的話. 12/2/2023

599 中翻英(299)     Lord, we keep Your word.        主阿, 我們要遵行祢的話.                  12/2/2023

十二月二日

「少年人用什么洁淨他的行為呢？是要遵行祢的話。」（詩   29:9 新國際版）

法利賽人洗淨杯盤的外面，卻讓里面充滿了不洁。我們的主責備他們只知道過度的注重外面的事物，而忽略里面的實際。我們許多人由此得到結論，以為只要注重那些關乎里面的屬靈真理，那就一切都好了。然而，神是要求里面和外面，一概都要洁淨。只有外面，而沒有里面的，這是屬靈的死亡，可是只有里面而沒有外面的，這也只是一种不可捉摸的靈化生命。以靈化的手段來取消外面的事物并不就是屬靈。主的命令是：「這是你們當行的，那也是不可不行的。」（太   23:23）神的命令，無論看來是如何的微小，但這總是神旨意的表示，我們永不敢輕忽對待。即使忽視了祂最微小的要求，我們也不能逃避將來的刑罰。

December 2

"How shall a young man purify his ways? That he may keep Your word."                             (Psalm 29:9 NIV)

The Pharisees washed the outside of the cup and dish, but not the insides. Our Lord rebukes them for paying too much attention to outward things and neglecting the inner hearts' clean reality. Many of us have concluded from this that as long as we focus on the inner spiritual truths, everything will be fine. However, God requires that everything be clean inside and outside. Having only the outside without the inside is spiritual death, but having only the inside without the outside is only an elusive spiritual life. To cancel external things through spiritual means is not to be spiritual. The Lord’s command is: “This is what you must do, and this is what you must do.” (Matthew 23:23) God’s command, no matter how small it seems, is always an expression of God’s will. We never dare to Treated lightly. Even if we ignore His smallest request, we will not escape future punishment.

598 中翻英 (298) God is love. 上帝就是愛. 12/1/2023

598 中翻英 (298)                 God is love.                        上帝就是愛.                          12/1/2023

十二月一日晨曦默思啟示我們基督信仰者, 上帝就是愛.     在哥林多前書十三章，保羅把「愛」之面面觀述說得淋漓盡致.   那還只是人間的愛,   上帝的愛更是純潔真誠.   那是從天上向天下人間賜下的愛 --- 沒有高底的分別, 是一視同仁的真愛.    

「我先前心里難過痛苦，多多的流淚，寫信給你們乃是叫你們知道我格外的疼愛你們。」（林后   2:4 新國際版）

那帶著醫治和生命的職事，在基本上必須出自經歷，這事實在使徒保羅身上，顯得更加明朗。例如哥林多前書的職事，是牢牢的根据于哥林多后書所示的那一個人。

在哥林多前書一章，保羅寫出神揀選了世上「軟弱的」，而哥林多后書第十二章，便在嚴格的現實里，顯明他自己軟弱的經歷。在前書他請求他的讀者們要在圣靈里合一，而后書卻不顧他們的抗拒，仍然實際的表現他如何是在他們中間的一份子。在前書十三章，保羅提供那篇論「愛」之面面觀的典范經文，而后書十二章十五節，他就斷言說：「我也甘心樂意為你們的靈魂費財費力。」最后，在哥林多前書十五章，他給了我們新約里那關乎复活題目最清楚的教導和介紹，而在后書一章，他便很清楚的說出，他自己是如何迫切的每時每刻都需要信靠那位「叫死人复活的神」。他每一項的教訓，都根据他自己的經歷。誠然，除此以外，再沒有其它的基礎，叫我們可以將基督供應給別人。

December 1

"I wrote to you with great sorrow and anguish in my heart, and with many tears, so that you might know how much I love you." (2 Corinthians 2:4 NIV)

The ministry of healing and life must fundamentally come from experience. This fact becomes even clearer in the case of the apostle Paul. For example, the ministry in 1 Corinthians is firmly based on the person who was shown in 2 Corinthians.

In 1 Corinthians Chapter 1, Paul writes that God has chosen the "weak" in the world, and 2 Corinthians Chapter 12 reveals his own experience of weakness in strict reality. In the first letter he asks his readers to be united in the Holy Spirit, but in the second letter he actually shows how he is the one among them despite their resistance. In 1 Corinthians Chapter 13, Paul provides the paradigmatic text on this aspect of love, and in 2 Corinthians Chapter 12, verse 15, he asserts, “I will gladly spend money and labor on your souls.” Finally, in 1 Corinthians Chapter 15, he gives us the clearest teaching and introduction on the subject of resurrection in the New Testament, and in 2 Corinthians Chapter 1, he clearly states how urgently he himself Every moment requires trust in the “God who raises the dead.” Every lesson which he teaches is based on his own experience. Indeed, apart from this, there is no other basis on which we can minister Christ to others.